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Clearing the confusion on saturated fat once and for all | Dr Gil Carvhalo, MD, PhD

The Proof with Simon Hill

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Is There a Mechanistic Effect of Saturated Fat Intake on Blood Lipids?

I've asked this exact question a number of times and I have never heard a compelling answer. When you look at the effect of saturated fat intake on blood lipids, it's fairly linear,. The LDL cholesterol and ApoB go up in a fairly straight line. So the exact mechanistic reason for that sigmoidal curve, I've wondered this myself, I've asked this question and I've never heard of a convincing explanation. But my hope is that Kevin Mackie being one of the top dogs on lipids is going to be able to answer it.

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